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[King Zultan]

His books are so long now days I'm surprised people keep reading them to find out the ending sucks.

[Rolan7]

I guess the journey is worth the destination, heh.

[TD1]

So I've always had anxiety when it comes to presentations. Usually I keep it under control and I'm complimented on my presentation style/content. Today I tried to speak but my heart rate was way up and I couldn't get the words out properly. It was fine(ish) because I asked the other panelist to go first instead, then engaged normally, even well, afterwards.

But I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to alleviate the stress/panic/anxiety in future. Maybe have a glass of wine beforehand?

This isn't really something I like to discuss, but I will on the off-chance it helps someone else on here.

I'd been leery of anti-anxiety drugs. They change brain-chemistry, can be addictive, and come with buckets of side-effects. After some research, however, I landed on propranolol - a beta-blocker. It's not addictive, is unlikely to have side-effects, and doesn't impact brain-chemistry. It seems to control adrenaline production, not work in the brain.

After talking to my doctor, I got - and fulfilled - a prescription. It has made presenting 1000x more bearable. My heart-rate remains consistent, and I can speak freely.

It's also helpful in simple day-to-day use.

In short: If you are prone to anxiety/panic attacks, ask your doc for a propranolol prescription.

[Kagus]

Oh hey, I used to take propranolol to help me sleep. It served me quite well, but it of course needs to be respected. Also, absolutely do not drink alcohol while under the effects, it's deeply unpleasant

[MrRoboto75]

I've been burned too many times by psychiatry.  The local one's a quack and I bet if you gave me an excel sheet of all the pills and correct doses I could do better than him.  Practically guesswork which one's gonna work for you anyway.

[EuchreJack]

Oh hey, I used to take propranolol to help me sleep. It served me quite well, but it of course needs to be respected. Also, absolutely do not drink alcohol while under the effects, it's deeply unpleasant

And it was so promising. 

Anyways, I'm pretty sure Th4DwArfY1 was just co-opted by the Drug Companies to run an ad for them, so whatever.

[EuchreJack]

I've been burned too many times by psychiatry.  The local one's a quack and I bet if you gave me an excel sheet of all the pills and correct doses I could do better than him.  Practically guesswork which one's gonna work for you anyway.

But if you proscribed your own meds, then YOU could be the one getting the kickbacks!_{They stopped doing that in some areas}

[scriver]

Oh hey, I used to take propranolol to help me sleep. It served me quite well, but it of course needs to be respected. Also, absolutely do not drink alcohol while under the effects, it's deeply unpleasant

I'm 'avin' a propa' nololololol

[Great Order]

Is the search broken for anyone else? It shows me one page of results, but any other pages are blank.

[scriver]

I often just Google restrict through search to just bay12 directly rather than use the forum search engine. I have to check the exact command every time but I think it is "site:webadress.com" or something

[EuchreJack]

Is the search broken for anyone else? It shows me one page of results, but any other pages are blank.

Yeah, that sometimes happens to me.  It also usually doesn't sort like I would like.

[Loud Whispers]

Yeah search has been broken for time in lots of megabig threads because of deleted posts messing up the indexing

[hector13]

It happens even in newer threads for me. The search function is useful in games of mafia, unless it goes beyond one page of results because it doesn’t show more than that.

[TD1]

Oh hey, I used to take propranolol to help me sleep. It served me quite well, but it of course needs to be respected. Also, absolutely do not drink alcohol while under the effects, it's deeply unpleasant

And it was so promising. 

Anyways, I'm pretty sure Th4DwArfY1 was just co-opted by the Drug Companies to run an ad for them, so whatever.

I've had alcohol while using it - I had no issues. I asked my doc at the time and she said it was fine. Though, she also noted I was active and young.

There can be sone issues (both alcohol and propranolol slowing heart rate) if you already havr underlying heart problems.

Also, big pharma has zero hold on me. I live in the UK, where healthcare actually exists 

[EuchreJack]

Oh hey, I used to take propranolol to help me sleep. It served me quite well, but it of course needs to be respected. Also, absolutely do not drink alcohol while under the effects, it's deeply unpleasant

And it was so promising. 

Anyways, I'm pretty sure Th4DwArfY1 was just co-opted by the Drug Companies to run an ad for them, so whatever.

I've had alcohol while using it - I had no issues. I asked my doc at the time and she said it was fine. Though, she also noted I was active and young.

There can be sone issues (both alcohol and propranolol slowing heart rate) if you already havr underlying heart problems.

Also, big pharma has zero hold on me. I live in the UK, where healthcare actually exists 

What is it like to watch the TV without constant pharmaceutical ads?
"You doctor is an idiot.  Badger them to prescribe our drugs!" <-Like literally all the ads.